Video: Eric Dickerson Laughs Off ‘Madden NFL Curse’ for 49ers’ Christian McCaffrey

Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Eric Dickerson thinks San Francisco 49ers star Christian McCaffrey goes to be simply superb after being named the duvet athlete for Madden NFL 25 this week.

Chatting with TMZ Sports activities, Dickerson laughed off the notion of a Madden curse and drew a parallel with what individuals used to say about being on the duvet of Sports activities Illustrated.

“I do not consider in that crap,” Dickerson stated in regards to the curse. “They stated the identical factor about Sports activities Illustrated. I bought on Sports activities Illustrated, I feel I had 199 yards and had an enormous recreation the subsequent week.”

EA Sports activities revealed the duvet and launch date for Madden NFL 25 on Tuesday.

Regardless that the Madden curse has an extended and storied historical past since EA Sports activities began placing gamers on the duvet in 2001, somebody appears to have discovered a treatment as a result of current cowl stars have fared simply superb.

Josh Allen completed fifth in MVP voting final yr and led the Buffalo Payments to their fourth straight AFC East title final yr after being on the duvet of Madden NFL 24. Tom Brady, who shared the duvet of Madden NFL 22 with Patrick Mahomes, was the MVP runner-up that season.

It may very well be argued the 2021 season was the worst of Mahomes’ profession, however that is solely as a result of the bar for him is ridiculously excessive. Most quarterbacks would have had the most effective season of their profession throwing for 4,839 yards, 37 touchdowns and a 66.3 completion share.

Lamar Jackson did not have his greatest season in 2020 coming off his first MVP award the earlier yr, however he threw for two,757 yards, ran for 1,005 yards and led the Baltimore Ravens to an 11-4 file in his 15 begins.

The final Madden cowl athlete who was a sufferer of the “curse” was Rob Gronkowski in 2016. He was restricted to simply eight video games because of accidents, together with a herniated disk in his again that required season-ending surgery.

49ers followers undoubtedly hope the curse is over as a result of McCaffrey is an important a part of top-of-the-line offenses within the NFL. He was named Offensive Participant of the Yr final season after main the league in speeding yards (1,459), yards from scrimmage (2,023) and tied for the league lead in complete touchdowns (21).